When I was a kid, I loved poring over Guinness World Records. I was always fascinated by the owner of the world’s longest fingernails.
Nowadays my interests have shifted. I want to set a record for the most baby bums put into a fresh cloth diaper! (A very difficult task if you are also trying to maintain your grasp on the “longest fingernails” … [Read More...]

I want these babies out!
Everything is exhausting. Stairs are my nemesis. Getting the kids into and out of the car is my least favourite activity, and I avoid it at all costs. The good news is that we finally have our minivan! My dream of owning a Honda Odyssey has come true, my friends. (Seriously, it was a legit #LifeGoal.)
In practical … [Read More...]

Did you know the colour of the year for 2018 is PURPLE? Did you know that PURPLE is one of my favourite colours? Fact: it was one of my two wedding colours. So yeah, people, I was disappointed when I first started cloth diapering and discovered the prettiest purple around was a “retired” AppleCheeks colour and not one I could easily add to my … [Read More...]

Disclosure: Leesa® provided a free product to facilitate this post. However, all opinions stated here are my own.
Does your mattress talk to you? Mine does. When I lie down on my Leesa mattress, my heavy with almost-ready-to-be-born-twins body descends lightly into her supportive core, and I can hear her say, “You can relax now, mama, I’ve got … [Read More...]

During my first pregnancy, from the moment those two lines appeared on the little plastic stick, I meticulously documented everything. I kept a detailed pregnancy journal, and then I kept a detailed journal of every day with my newborn.
Yeah, it’s a bit intense, but I can tell you something my son did for almost each of his first 365 days out of … [Read More...]

Let’s get one thing straight: if you are worried that this post is going to talk about orgasmic birth or how all women should embrace their inner goddess and give birth in a meadow surrounded by goats, you need not fear any such thing.
My love of labour, if anything, exposes one of my deepest character flaws (in my opinion), and the more I … [Read More...]

I really failed at preparing for my first child’s first car seat. And by failed I mean I didn’t do anything at all. We didn’t own a car and had been given a hand-me-down bucket seat which I entrusted my husband to know how to use and how to install in the car-share vehicle we would eventually take to the hospital.
Things I know now:
My … [Read More...]

The worst part of being very pregnant in the summer is feeling constantly sweaty. Like, my thighs are stuck together. My belly feels stuck to my pelvis. There’s a pool of sweat under my boobs. I just want to take a shower now! And then again in one hour. But otherwise, life’s pretty good: maxi dresses make for easy breezy fashion, you don’t have to … [Read More...]

I realize that every kid is different and that every kid hits different milestones at different times. I also know that in my case my son definitely went through the Terrible Twos, the Threenager and even had a mild case of Fournado, all right on schedule. The great news? Now that he is 5, he is pretty fabulous. Or, to put it more accurately, I … [Read More...]

Did you know that your vehicle owner’s manual is a necessary tool for installing your child’s car seat correctly? If you did, you likely do not need this post. If, like me, you’ve basically never opened your owner’s manual … well, then keep reading.
Most owner’s manuals will have information on child restraint installation somewhere after the … [Read More...]

By Dani Jansen
Just because I’m a mom doesn’t mean I want to dress in cardigans and khakis all the time. Though I’ll confess to owning what my husband thinks are too many cardigans, sometimes I want a little edge to my style, something that says, “I still listen to cool music.” But as a mom, I also want something that says, “I’m comfortable and … [Read More...]

Reading to my children is truly one of my greatest joys of parenting. There are many aspects of the day-to-day routine of motherhood that I could do without, but I look forward to story time. I am a huge advocate of rotating through library books at a steady clip so as not to drive yourself insane with children’s love of repetition, but it’s also … [Read More...]